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1. Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.

Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.
Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825-1900
Date:
1861
Physical Description:
xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. A synoptical compend of British botany : (from the class Monandria to polygamia inclusive) arranged after the Linnean system : and containing the essential characters of the genera, the specific characters, English names, places of growth, soil and situation, colour of the flowers, times of flowering, duration, and references to figures / by John Galpine.

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Creator:
Galpine, John, 1769-1806
Date:
1806
Physical Description:
viii, [194] p. in various pagings : ill ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. British ferns : their classification, structure, and functions : together with the best methods for their cultivation / by Mrs. Lankester. ; author of "Wild flowers worth notice.".

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Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825-1900
Date:
1884
Physical Description:
[4], 127, [1] p., 16 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Hardy ferns : how I collected and cultivated them / by Nona Bellairs ; with a frontispiece.

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Creator:
Bellairs, Nona Maria Stephenson
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
128, [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Ferny combes : a ramble after ferns in the glens and valleys of Devonshire / by Charlotte Chanter.

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Creator:
Chanter, Charlotte, 1828-1882
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
118 p., VIII, [1] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The fern garden, how to make, keep, and enjoy it, or, Fern culture made easy / by Shirley Hibberd ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and forty wood engravings.

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Creator:
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890
Date:
1869
Physical Description:
vi, 148, [6] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. A plain and easy account of the British ferns : together with their classification, arrangement of genera, structure, and functions ; and a glossary of technical and other terms / edited by Mrs. Lankester ; with illustrations.

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Creator:
Lankester, Phebe, 1825-1900
Date:
[1859]
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xv, [1], 108, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Field flowers : a handy-book for the rambling botanist, suggesting what to look for and where to go in the out-door study of British plants / by Shirley Hibberd, author of 'The Fern Garden,' 'Rustic adornments,' etc. etc. ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and ninety wood engravings.

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Creator:
Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890
Date:
MDCCCLXXVI [1876]
Physical Description:
iv, 156 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts